The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-04-22
GOVERNMENT LAND SALES.
His Majesty a Large Buyer,
Running up Prices.

AT noon yesterday MIR. John A. Has
singer First Clerk of the Interior De-
partment, took his stand at the front
entrance Of Aliiolani Hale, to sell at
auction certain lands on this island adj
vertised by the Minister Of the Interior
His Majesty the King; Mr.. Aholo,
Minister Of the Interior; Mr.. Kanoa.
Minister Of Finance; Hon. Junius
Kaae, Registrar, and about a score Of
Others we're present. Mr. G. T..
Smithies, of the Interior office, was
clerk Of the sale. The leases and
lands sold, with the prices, we're as fo.-
lows:--
Lease Of two pieces Of land at
Mokuleia, Waialua, containing 477
acres Of mountain grazing land, ten
years, upset price $50 per aunum semi
annually in advance: Gaspar Silva, SIS.
Lease of lot u acre, adjoining
court house at Kaneohe, S years, upset
price as above: sold for $50.
Lease of Esplanade lot No. 1850 x
100 feet, on Fort and Halekauila
streets-opposite II. Hackfeld & Co. s
ten years, upset price $74o per an
mum semi.annually in advance. j. Nc.
Lean, $655.
Land at Kenoo, Waialua, sax
acres, upset price $I3o: His Majesty,
$I7o.
Land at Kamanaiki, Kalihi, 45o
acres; grazing, banana, woodland, etc;
upset price $aoo: Els Majesty, So, oro.
Land at Kaloaloa, 43 oS-Ioo acres
suited IN part to cultivation, situated in
central part of Kalihi valley; upset
price $500: Antoine Rosa, $500.
Land at Pohakaa, 81 $4,000 acres,
suited in part to cultivation, situated in
central part Of Kalihi valley; upset
price $500; A. Rosa, $500.
Land at Koloalu, Kalihi, 70 acres
well suited to banana cultivation, etc.
upset price SIS: His Majesty, sos.
Land at Hakaio, aoH acres of kula
hillside, joining the Morris premises
Kalihi, on makai side; upset price, SIS
His Majesty, $500.
Strip of land between Mokauea anc
Kawaiholo, s 37-Ioo acres kula; upse
price $50; HIS Majesty Sass.
Land in upper part of Kalihi valley
lying between Huea and Pohakuawa
ava "a. Rosa's land); upset price SIS
A. Rosa, $500.
Two pieces OF land on Maunake;
and Pauahi streets, Honolulu, beinI
remaining portions Of the Government
Dispensary lot after the widening o
the streets since the fire; also Ia'
acres of kula and hillside Ian,
in Kalihi valley; we're not offered, a
they come under the injunction grant
ed against their sale by the Suprem,
Court the other day. The leases sole
realized $500, and the land $4,000
making total realization Of SIS, $3.50.
There we're some lively contests owe
some of the lots. His Majesty ant
Mr. Henry Warehouse went bette
than each other in SIS bids for Koloalu
about as fast as they could nod, unit
the former became the possessor 70
the price above mentioned. Again
Mr.. Rosa was run up, for a strip Of lan'
required to consolidate his Kalihi dc
main, from an upset price Of SIS to
knockdown one Of $500, The lan'
had been declared sold at $Io5, when
Mr.. Rosa and Mr.. Lazarus each claim
ing the bid, it had to be started agail
with the result stated. Mr. Lazaru
has a grievance against the Govern
ment, anyway, for land that he allege
they took from him in Honolulu som
years ago but never paid him for, cau'
| ing him loss of several thousand do
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